Motivational Technologies: A Theoretical Framework for Designing Preventive Health Applications

Sundar, S. Shyam; Bellur, Saraswathi; Jia, Haiyan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_10

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“…Developers should not only encourage users towards all new and innovative mHealth apps, but also persuade them through the so called "motivational technologies". Navigability, interactivity and customization of the applications could be the keys for satisfied consumers (10).…”

Section: Users' Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is special need to examine the way people actually handle their right to take care of their health by themselves. Thus, the technological advancement calls for new measure of regulation to ensure safety (1,10).…”

Section: "Marketplace Interposition"mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A domain for further research might be the extent to which people trust their mHealth app and its recommendation (10). Moreover, apps that drive to health outcomes and are based more on a health belief model are more expensive.…”

Section: Trustworthinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This fact affects the conquest of specific populations in the market. A suggestion for the future is that app developers should collaborate with behavior changes experts, so as to achieve better health outcomes (10).…”

Section: Trustworthinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A recommended guideline for the development of mHealth Apps

Chatzipavlou

Christoforidou

Vlachopoulou

2016

mHealth

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Background: Mobile Health or mHealth applications cope with medical or health issues supported by smartphones. Being a part of great importance in healthcare, mHealth apps are able to improve both the quality of medical services and the safety of the patients. It is regarded to be a new field with great prospect that attracts the interest of the stakeholders and the developers, above all. Of all the entities involved, developers have to face many challenges classified in four pillars: the regulation framework, the market, the technical issues and society. This paper aims to describe the role of the developers in the mHealth apps' market, the barriers they deal with and also, the impact of their work in the mobile healthcare domain. In our viewpoint, we propose a guideline with all of the developers' requirements for the buildup of mHealth apps. Methods:The methodology followed includes a Boolean search strategy used in academic libraries (PubMed, IEEE Xplore, JMIR, The Cochrane Library) and search engines additionally (Google and Google Scholar), aiming to identify the developers' perspective.Results: Our research from October until December of 2014 led us to academic papers referring to the various demands that developers have to confront. The major outcome of our research is the general acknowledgement of the dominant role that developers own in the mHealth apps' process. Conclusions:Mobile technology allies multiple groups such as users, patients, providers of medical services, software developers, governments and even, non-governmental organizations. In particular, the developers' perspective involves the legal boundaries, the side of the market, the technological requirements (programming, devices, designing) and the moral aspects, as well. Developers should define the purposes of their apps-either diagnostic or therapeutic-and gain the confidence of the users in order to dominate the market, yet comply with the regulations.

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Section: Users' Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: "Marketplace Interposition"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Trustworthinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Trustworthinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A recommended guideline for the development of mHealth Apps

Chatzipavlou

Christoforidou

Vlachopoulou

2016

mHealth

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“…However, this was deeply dependent on the whole constellation of involved technologies, and the scientific need to make the entire aim of the research programme clear and implement it. To conclude, the actors' discussion of intentions might thus focus on a few concrete issues at the same time as it contains tensions related to the affordances of the motivational technology [43] as described. Navigability, interactivity and customization are examples of affordances of such technology that are explicitly said to have a positive effect on users' motivation [43].…”

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Actors and intentions in the development process of a mobile phone platform for self-management of hypertension

Ranerup

Hallberg

2014

Informatics for Health and Social Care

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This is an electronic version of an article published in: Agneta Ranerup and Inger Hallberg, Actors and intentions in the development process of a mobile phone platform for self-management of hypertension, 2015, Informatics for Health and Social Care,(40) Abstract AimThe aim of this study was to enhance the knowledge regarding actors and intentions in the development process of a mobile phone platform for self-management of hypertension. MethodsOur research approach was a 14-month longitudinal "real-time ethnography" method of description and analysis. Data were collected through focus groups with patients and providers, patient interviews, and design meetings with researchers and experts. The analysis was informed by the concepts of actors and inscriptions in Actor-Network Theory (ANT). ResultsOur study showed that laypersons, scientific actors, as well as technology itself, might influence development processes of support for self-management of hypertension. The intentions were inscribed into the technology design as well as the models of learning and treatment. ConclusionsThis study highlighted important aspects of how actors and intentions feature in the development of the mobile phone platform to support self-management of hypertension. The study indicated the multifacetedness of the participating actors, including the prominent role of technology. The concrete results of such processes included questions in the self-report system, learning and treatment models.-3 -

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Customization

Bol¹

2022

The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication

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Digital technologies allow users to customize content such that it matches individual needs and preferences. Different from other tailoring strategies that have often been applied in health communication (i.e., data‐/system‐driven personalization), customization gives users an active role in selecting and creating personalized information environments, increasing a sense of control over their technology use. This entry describes how customization has been conceptualized and researched, as well as the theoretical approaches used to explain its expected effects. Although the concept of customization has been studied in a wide variety of related fields (e.g., information systems), the focus of this entry is how customization has been and can be applied to health communication practices.

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Motivational Technologies: A Theoretical Framework for Designing Preventive Health Applications

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A recommended guideline for the development of mHealth Apps

A recommended guideline for the development of mHealth Apps

Actors and intentions in the development process of a mobile phone platform for self-management of hypertension

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